Knowledge, skills, and abilities. Human resource professionals look for these three attributes in potential candidates for positions within their company or organization. You can teach the right person knowledge. Giving them more than adequate information to finish a task will be enough. Skills are practiced behaviors, like knowledge, learned over time. Both of these attributes build on each other. Abilities, though, are natural gifts each of us has, well-suited for a particular purpose. But leading others? That is unique and often overlooked by those who have the power to hire the right individual.

How can you identify a leader from a resume?

What is one thing you want in a leader for your organization?